Word: boning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Women who drink caffeinated coffee all their lives are likely to suffer losses in bone density. Drinking a daily glass of milk, however, can offset those losses...
Yuen, a biology concentrator, is primarily interested in osteoporosis and bone remodeling and growth. She plans on becoming a physician...
...Some persons have an unstable bone marrow as shown by marked fluctuations in white cell counts when subjected to only minor exposure to radiation," the study concludes. "Such persons should not work where they are exposed to radiation...
Scientists have identified a new class of genes -- to be called hedgehogs by convention -- that control a master switch in DNA molecules that tells cells whether they are to become skin, bone or muscle. The new genes are being named for hedgehog species, such as Indian and moonrat. One of them is even called Sonic, after the hedgehog hero of a popular video game...
...that's precisely what Blaese did -- only a week before the triumphant press conference last May. Going back to one of the original Ohio girls, he inserted healthy ADA genes into stem cells he had coaxed out of her bone marrow. He then inserted the altered cells into the bloodstream, hoping they would find their way back to the marrow. The same experiment has since been repeated several times on infants, whose stem cells are even more abundant and easier to reach. The children seem to be thriving, but no results have been published...